Comment by iammiles

Comment by iammiles 4 days ago

I'm rereading the Lord of the Rings after about ~15 years since my last one. For this read through I've been thoroughly delighted by the interlude of poems and songs whereas before I'd just gloss over them. I wonder if this is an effect of getting older.

vmilner 4 days ago

Definitely listen to the 1981 radio version if you like them.

Bilbo's Last Song scene here(spoiler warning for those who haven't read it as its at the end of the book).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIsHshR1Ig8

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romperstomper 4 days ago

This time I read LotR in original for the first time and this was quite an effort for me as non-native English speaker. And yes - poems and songs have much more sens and much more beautiful in original if compared with translated ones.

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